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My Dark Places - James Ellroy
My Dark Places
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The Barnes & Noble Review October 1997 From the author of L.A. Confidential comes My Dark Places, an investigative autobiography by James Ellroy. In 1958, Ellroy's mother, Jean, was raped, killed, and dumped off a road in El Monte, California, a rundown L.A. suburb. The killer was never... show more
The Barnes & Noble Review October 1997 From the author of L.A. Confidential comes My Dark Places, an investigative autobiography by James Ellroy. In 1958, Ellroy's mother, Jean, was raped, killed, and dumped off a road in El Monte, California, a rundown L.A. suburb. The killer was never found, and the case was closed. It was a sordid, back-page homicide that no one remembered. Except her son. James Ellroy was ten years old when his mother died. His bereavement was complex and ambiguous: "I cried. I cranked tears out all the way to L.A. I hated her. I hated El Monte. Some unknown killer just bought me a brand-new beautiful life." He grew up obsessed with murdered women and crime. He ran from his mother's ghost. Ellroy became a writer of radically provocative and bestselling crime novels. "I wear obsession well," he says. "I've turned it into something." He tried to reclaim his mother through fiction. It didn't work. He quit running and wrote this memoir. My Dark Places is Jean and James Ellroy's story — from 1958 to all points past and up to this moment. It is the story of a brilliant homicide detective named Bill Stoner and of the investigation he and Ellroy undertook. It is also an unflinching autobiography with vivid reportage. This is James Ellroy's journey through his most forbidding memories.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780679441854 (0679441859)
ASIN: 679441859
Publisher: Knopf
Pages no: 351
Edition language: English
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La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it
5.0 My Dark Places
Varios meses sufri las idas y venidas de la investgacion de Ellroy . Muchas historias pertubadoras sobre crimenes paralelos a la pelirroja Jean . Muchas mujeres muertas solo por el hecho de ser mujeres . MUchos hombres que impusieron crueldad solamente porque podian , porque la sociedad lo permitia ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
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Not for me at this timeRead By: Michael PrichardTotal Duration: 14:52:32blurbs - From the author of L.A. Confidential comes My Dark Places, an investigative autobiography by James Ellroy. In 1958, Ellroy's mother, Jean, was raped, killed, and dumped off a road in El Monte, Cal...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
I prefer to keep away from a biographical analysis of a writer's work in general, but no bloody wonder Ellroy writes the stories he does. It's either that, or never communicate at all.
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